Butt may refer to:
* Figurative or literal ''blunt ends'':
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Butt joint
A butt joint is a technique in which two pieces of material are joined by simply placing their ends together without any special shaping. The name "butt joint" comes from the way the material is joined. The butt joint is the simplest joint to ma ...
, a woodworking joinery technique
** Butt splice connector, a type of
crimp electrical connector
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Buttstock
A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing mechanism are attach ...
or butt, the back part of a rifle or other firearm
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Headbutt
A headbutt is a targeted strike with the head, typically (when intentional) involving the use of robust parts of the headbutter's cranium as the area of impact. The most effective headbutts strike the most sensitive areas of an opponent, such as ...
or butt, (implicitly blunt) blow administered with the head
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Buttocks
The buttocks (singular: buttock) are two rounded portions of the exterior anatomy of most mammals, located on the posterior of the pelvic region. In humans, the buttocks are located between the lower back and the perineum. They are compose ...
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Cigarette butt
A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing a combustible material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end, causing it to smolder; the resulting smoke is orally inhaled via the oppo ...
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Boston butt
A Boston butt is the slightly wedged shaped portion of the pork shoulder above the standard picnic cut which includes the blade bone and the "lean butt" (which is boneless), both extensions of the tenderloin cut and can be used in place of the te ...
or pork butt, a shoulder cut of pork
* Metonym for
cigarette
* Measurement and storage of liquids:
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Butt (unit) The butt is an obsolete English measure of liquid volume equalling two hogsheads, being between by various definitions.
Equivalents
A butt approximately equated to for ale or for wine (also known as a ''pipe''), although the ''Oxford English Dic ...
, a measure of volume
** Butt, an
English wine cask size
** "Water Butt" a